The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked University of Wisconsin football coach Barry Alvarez to end his team’s “chaplain” arrangement with a Catholic priest. The Foundation has asked that Rev. …
Day: March 6, 2013
The Incredible Nondiscovery Of Noah’s Ark (Jan/Feb 1994)
We thought Freethought Today readers would enjoy the “inside scoop” about the initial claims made by Sun Productions in defending “The Incredible Discovery of Noah’s Ark,” which aired on CBS …
More » from The Incredible Nondiscovery Of Noah’s Ark (Jan/Feb 1994)
FFRF school complaint uncovers creationist Okla. superintendent
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has been corresponding with Wynnewood Public Schools, Okla., over inappropriate actions by a teacher promoting religion in the classroom, is releasing its correspondence with …
More » from FFRF school complaint uncovers creationist Okla. superintendent
FFRF educates Okla. school district on state/church separation (March 6, 2013)
An Oklahoma school district superintendent instructed teachers not to promote religion in classrooms, after correspondence with the Freedom From Religion Foundation. A concerned family in the Wynnewood Public Schools District …
More » from FFRF educates Okla. school district on state/church separation (March 6, 2013)
FFRF ensures secular graduation ceremonies at a Fla. College (March 6, 2013)
The Gideons will no longer hand out bibles during graduation ceremonies at St. Johns River State College, a public school in Palatka, Fla., thanks to action taken by the Freedom …
More » from FFRF ensures secular graduation ceremonies at a Fla. College (March 6, 2013)
Judge rules Jesus shrine suit can proceed
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s closely watched lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service and the Catholic Knights of Columbus council in Kalispell, Mont., got a green light Nov. 27 from …
North Carolina college agrees coach’s prayers unconstitutional (Feb. 6, 2013)
Coaches at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., have been instructed to stop proselytizing their student athletes, following a complaint by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. The football coach at …
More » from North Carolina college agrees coach’s prayers unconstitutional (Feb. 6, 2013)
Senior did his best trying to stop graduation prayer – Max Nielson
At FFRF’s national convention in October in Portland, Ore., Len Eisenberg, who with his wife Karen endows FFRF’s Thomas Jefferson Youth Activist Award, introduced Max Nielson, student plaintiff in FFRF’s …
More » from Senior did his best trying to stop graduation prayer – Max Nielson
Teen relates hate she endured for contesting school prayer – Jessica Ahlquist
Jessica Ahlquist, plaintiff in a successful federal lawsuit challenging a prayer banner at her high school in Cranston, R.I., gave this speech [edited for print] October 12, 2012, at FFRF’s …
More » from Teen relates hate she endured for contesting school prayer – Jessica Ahlquist